ANDREW BIRD ADDS NORTH AMERICAN SUMMER TOUR DATES

APPEARS ON “JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!” APRIL 30;
NEW ALBUM BREAK IT YOURSELF RECEIVES CRITICAL ACCLAIM

PERFORMS “NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCE” FOR LA BLOGOTHEQUE’S “BIRD EN BOUCLE”

Andrew Bird continues his North American tour in support of his much-anticipated twelfth album, Break It Yourself (out now via Mom + Pop Music), with performances throughout July and August. Please see below for a list of dates.

In celebration of the record’s release, Bird performs on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” April 30. He recently appeared on both “The Colbert Report” (stream the video at http://bit.ly/weFuiE) and “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” (stream the video at http://bit.ly/He1rUR). He also recently performed the track “Near Death Experience Experience” for a special interactive website via La Blogotheque called “Bird en Boucle”: http://birdenboucle.com. “Bird en Boucle” has been optimized for the Google Chrome web browser. It can be downloaded at http://google.com/chrome.

Critics have praised Break It Yourself since its release:

“A quiet, careful grower…it blooms into something beautiful.” - NPR

“[Bird’s] emotional urgency energizes his fluid multi-instrumental elocution.” - Rolling Stone

“[Andrew Bird] has yet to lose the sense of wonder that a bright-eyed child brings to the world…Break It Yourself is a shimmering collection of clever and carefully constructed songs.” -The New Yorker

“The perfect album: tender without being sentimental, experimental yet accessible, utterly unique to its maker.” -The Guardian

“[A] swoon-worthy set of rapturous tunes that bristle with embraceable eccentricities.” -USA Today

“Delightful pop songs disguised as beautiful violin and whistle-laden ballads.” -TIME

“[Break It Yourself is] perfect for the sensitive souls among us.” -Newsweek

Produced by Bird, Break It Yourself was recorded at his barn in Western Illinois near the banks of the Mississippi River. Paired with the album’s deluxe CD package is the DVD Here’s What Happened. The thirty-minute performance film was shot at Bird’s barn during the recording of the album and captures the energy of the room in which the new release was conceived. Footage from Here’s What Happened of Bird performing the track “Eyeoneye” can be viewed at http://bit.ly/GNr9gi.

Chicago-based film score composer, multi-instrumentalist and lyricist Andrew Bird picked up his first violin at the age of four and spent his formative years soaking up classical repertoire completely by ear. As a teen Bird became interested in a variety of styles including early jazz, country blues and gypsy music, synthesizing them into his unique brand of pop. Since beginning his recording career in 1997 he has released 11 albums, his first solo record Weather Systems coming in 2003. Bird has gone on to record with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and perform at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Most recently Bird composed his first ever film score for the movie Norman (hailed as “a probing, thoughtful score” by The New York Times; available now on Mom + Pop), contributed to the soundtrack of The Muppets and collaborated with inventor Ian Schneller on Sonic Arboretum, an installation at New York’s Guggenheim Museum and Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art.

For more information, please contact Joe Cohen, Krista Williams or Carla Sacks at Sacks & Co., 212.741.1000.

ANDREW BIRD TOUR
* with Patrick Watson
† with Tift Merritt
‡ with Mucca Pazza
§ with Wilco
** with Mavis Staples

May 3 /// Union Transfer /// Philadelphia, PA*
May 4 /// Beacon Theatre /// New York, NY*
May 5 /// Beacon Theatre /// New York, NY†
May 6 /// House of Blues /// Boston, MA*
May 8 /// 9:30 Club /// Washington, DC*
May 9 /// Ramshead Live /// Baltimore, MD*
May 10 /// The Fillmore /// Detroit Detroit, MI‡
May 12 /// Auditorium Theatre /// Chicago, IL‡
May 19 /// Nelsonville Music Festival /// Nelsonville, OH
July 8 /// Fifth Third Bank Ballpark /// Geneva, IL§
July 10 /// North Carolina Museum of Art /// Raleigh, NC**
July 11 /// Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden /// Richmond, VA**
July 14 /// Forecastle Festival /// Louisville, KY
July 15 /// Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture /// Park Grand Rapids, MI
July 16 /// Artpark /// Lewiston, NY
July 18 /// Theatre De Verdure at Parc LaFontaine /// Montreal, QC
July 19 /// Echo Beach /// Toronto, ON
July 20 /// The Green at Shelburne Museum /// Shelburne, VT
July 21 /// Hope Artiste Village Courtyard /// Pawtucket, RI
July 27 /// Soundtown Festival /// Somerset, WI
August 10 /// Outside Lands /// San Francisco, CA
August 11 /// The Spreckels Theatre /// San Diego, CA
August 12 /// The Greek Theatre /// Los Angeles, CA
August 14 /// Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre /// Salt Lake City, UT
August 15 /// Chautauqua Auditorium /// Boulder, CO
August 17 /// Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre /// Denver, CO
August 18 /// Jackson Hole Center for the Arts /// Jackson, WY
August 20 /// Peter Kiewit Concert Hall /// Omaha, NE
August 21 /// Simon Estes Amphitheatre /// Des Moines, IA